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Huxley Thomas Henry (1825–1895)

English naturalist, friend and follower of Darwin; author of eminent works on biology, comparative anatomy, palaeontology and anthropology; championed Darwin's theories. In philosophy Huxley professed to be a follower of Hume, maintaining, as Hume did, that we can never conclusively cognise the true causes of our sensations. He aptly described his attitude with the word "agnosticism". But his agnosticism served him as a screen for his spontaneously materialist outlook, especially in natural science.

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Томас Генри (4.5.1825, Илинг, близ Лондона, - 29.6.1895, Истборн, Суссекс), английский естествоиспытатель, ближайший соратник Ч. Дарвина и популяризатор его учения; см. Гексли Т. Г.